Bishop's Palace (Chudleigh)

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This monument is scheduled under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979
The Bishop's Palace is situated on the southern fringe of the village of Chudleigh, on ground sloping downwards from the limestone outcrop of Chudleigh rocks to the south. The monument includes the upstanding and buried remains of a palace of the bishops of Exeter in use from the second half of the 13th century until 1550. The visible remains exist in the form of a number of ruined and adapted stone structures together with a series of low earthworks. They include the remains of a perimeter wall enclosing a roughly triangular area, 171m by 130m, which contains parts of at least three substantial buildings, one of which is almost totally enclosed by modern farm structures.
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The Bishop's Palace at Chudleigh was intensively occupied for a significant period and the principal surviving building is unusual in its design in that the provision of vaults and mural passages indicate a dwelling of strength and defensible potential. The buried remains appear to be extensive and unharmed by subsequent activity.